Forward could be out until 2027 with suspected achilles tendon rupture Ekitiké is club’s leading goalscorer this season with 17 goals The Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitiké will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup with the injury he sustained against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, Didier Deschamps has...
The Dianna Russini fallout is less about scandal than who carries blame in the NFL | Melissa Jacobs
Rumors about the reporter and New England head coach Mike Vrabel flew all week. The conclusion to the saga was all too predictable Dianna Russini, one of the NFL’s most high-profile reporters, is photographed holding hands with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a fancy resort in Sedona,...
‘It is a stupid game but that’s what makes it lovable’: Sarah Taylor on cricket, coping with anxiety and coaching with Andrew Flintoff
Taylor played 226 times for England before retiring early due to anxiety, but she has made her way back to the top By Wisden Cricket Monthly Sarah Taylor was stuck in traffic inching south when she got a call. She had just spent two days at Loughborough working with the...
Will revival of Crystal Palace’s ‘hallowed turf’ create more athletics history?
Redevelopment of the National Sports Centre would be a boost to locals and those who have fought for its return “There were trees growing out of the main stand and on the indoor track and no one was doing anything about it,” says Jim Powell of the groundswell of despair...
Arsenal are painful to watch but maybe this is just how you win things | Barney Ronay
The crowd were getting anxious and players are either missing or off form but they have still reached the Champions League semi-finals And so I am become a meme. Towards the end of this game, already booked for standing on the edge of the pitch whirling his arms in a...
Díaz and Olise late show sends Bayern into semi-finals after Real Madrid classic
When the dust kicked up by an utterly scintillating two-legged struggle had settled, Bayern Munich could bathe in the glow of a win for the ages and linger dreamily on the prospect of a semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. It is the tie most neutrals wanted but the bar for entertainment...
Champions League reaction: post your questions for Sid Lowe
Sid Lowe is our Spanish football correspondent, based in Madrid, and has been covering a very busy beat for years. He will be answering your questions from 12pm BST Sid Lowe is the Guardian’s Spanish football correspondent, based in Madrid, and has been covering an increasingly busy beat for years....
Ticket to ride? Fifa premium makes this the World Cup that actively hates you | Jonathan Liew
The $95 bus trip to Foxborough highlights a tournament unique in modern times – one that ultimately makes no secret of its disdain for the paying public Like any journalist with an unerring nose for an offbeat feature, my interest was sharply piqued by this week’s announcement of the $95...
LIV Golf meeting in New York fuels speculation over rebel tour’s future
Funding for $5bn tour could be cut back Saudi focus now more on football and esport The future of LIV Golf is in doubt, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund preparing to cut funding for the $5bn rebel tour. LIV executives were late arriving at the tour event in Mexico...
Andy Simpson, the unluckiest England rugby player in history, finally gets his Test cap
Longsuffering hooker, who warmed bench for 21 Tests and lost part of a thumb, is getting RFU recognition at last Initially, Andy Simpson thought it was a Saturday morning wind-up. Someone from the Rugby Football Union museum was phoning to tell him that, at the age of 71, he was...